The honk comes from Untitled Goose Game, released in 2019 by House House, where players control a mischievous goose whose main tool for chaos is honking at villagers. Clips of the honk spread quickly through gaming videos and memes because the noise sums up the whole game in one second. It has since become a standalone reaction sound online, used far beyond gameplay footage to signal rude interruptions, petty victories and harmless mayhem in edits and streams and short videos shared everywhere today daily.